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Jonathan Raban

Critics? Don't talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of jealousy and failure, has anything worthwhile to say of art? I don't.

Jonathan Raban

Failure

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The speaker dismisses critics, especially journalists, as bitter and unsuccessful people whose opinions are corrupted by envy. They believe such critics lack genuine insight or value when it comes to judging art.

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